Influenza hospitalization epidemiology from a severe acute respiratory infection surveillance system in Jordan, January 2008-February 2014

Influenza and other Respiratory Viruses

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 91-97

  Al Abdallat, Mohammad ^a   Dawson, Patrick ^b,c   Haddadin, Aktham Jeries ^a   El Shoubary, Waleed ^b,c   Dueger, Erica ^b,c   Al Sanouri, Tarek ^a   Said, Mayar M ^b,c   Talaat, Maha ^b,c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c US Naval Medical Research Unit No 3 Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acute respiratory infections; Influenza; Influenza seasonality; Jordan; Severe acute respiratory infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H1N1); INFLUENZA A VIRUS (H3N2); INFLUENZA B VIRUS; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROAT CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957922207     PISSN: 17502640     EISSN: 17502659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/irv.12354     Document Type: Article

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